PMI loses Rp 50m monthly<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): The PMI (Indonesian Red Cross) Hospital here has
\nlost some Rp 50 million (US$6,250) every month due to patients'
\nunpaid bills, a hospital executive said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Hospital deputy director Dani Yusuf Haryanto said the huge
\nlosses were mainly because patients or patients' families were
\nunwilling to pay the entire bill and claimed they were too poor.<\/p>\n
Another reason for losses was that some patients often ran
\naway without paying at all, he said.<\/p>\n
A surgical operation cost Rp 3 million, he said. \"But there
\nwas a patient who only paid Rp 100,000 for it,\" Dani said.<\/p>\n
\"If there's a poor patient who cannot afford to pay, we
\nusually ask him to pay in installments. But if he's still
\nincapable to do so ... we eventually let him go,\" Dani said.<\/p>\n
Some hospital staff members checked the houses of patients who
\nclaimed to be destitute and learned that they were actually
\nwealthy, he said.<\/p>\n
Most of the city's poor seeking medical treatment go to PMI
\nHospital.<\/p>\n
\"Even a dead beggar was sent to our morgue. We're functioning
\nas a general hospital when actually we are a private
\nhospital with a limited budget and no government subsidies,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Dani said the hospital worried if the surging amount of unpaid
\nbills would lead to financial difficulties with the management
\nbeing unable to pay the salaries of its 700 employees.<\/p>\n
The hospital charges Rp 100,000 per day for a first class
\nroom, Rp 75,000 for second class and Rp 30,000 for third class.
\nRooms for VIPs vary from Rp 125,000 to Rp 250,000 per day.
\n(21\/edt)<\/p>",
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